---
type: "Bill"
title: "Presumptive Eligibility for Long-Term Care"
description: "Beginning January 1, 2026, the act removes the requirement that the department of health care policy and financing (department) fully assess a person in need of long-term services and supports for the appropriate level of care before the person is presumed eligible for the medical assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1229"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1229 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Mullica", "Perry Will", "Regina English"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ca6c7a4-6091-4ca8-83ca-694dff0f9095"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1229"
source_hash: "09daf8909808ba246ecf851f4df0aecb738bdcc1cd13086cd940cecfecd8cb13"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 24-1229 (2024A) — Presumptive Eligibility for Long-Term Care

Beginning January 1, 2026, the act removes the requirement that the department of health care policy and financing (department) fully assess a person in need of long-term services and supports for the appropriate level of care before the person is presumed eligible for the medical assistance program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1229_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1229_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1229_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Regina English — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ca6c7a4-6091-4ca8-83ca-694dff0f9095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).